Well, the newest product from Apple is out there, the IPad.
Like most Apple products, the first iteration appears to be intentionally crippled, to maintain control over the user’s experience. There is no multitasking, no real OS, for all intents and purposes it’s just a big IPhone/IPod Touch. And that’s just fine for people who want a big IPhone.
There is a thread on Big Journalism about it becoming a savior to the paper press by presenting a new form for them to publish to. In the comments I posted this:
“Well, the JooJoo (Crunchpad) may surface this year, depending on the lawsuit brought by Arrington being resolved.
The HP Slate is scheduled to drop sometime this year, running Win 7.
From my point of view, being a guy who likes to get under the hood and mod this and that till I get what I want, Apple products don’t work for me.
I am a function over form guy every time, and I am certainly not hip enough to pay the “Apple Tax” just because.
And don’t tell me that “it just works” either. ALL machines have their problems,
Anyway, to my way of thinking, using 3rd party formats for e-books is bunk, scan them, turn them into .pdf files.
.pdf is more than likely the most near universal format there is.”
I got back this response:
You obviously don’t own a Mac, but are an authority on them? Wow! Let’s see you run a pc for three plus years with no anti virus or any other protection like I do with my 2 imacs, 1 macbook pro and 1 mac pro and not have at least some issues with it. The macs? No problem! The only complaint I’ve ever had with my macs is the lack of cad programs and such because of the 13% market share that mac has compared to the pc. Just don’t say that they don’t work because the lowliest mac will blow the doors off your windows machine any day.
Now I don’t know what pissed this guy off so bad, aside of my broaching the idea that Apple products aren’t perfect. My response was:
hmmm, seeing how you appear to be a fanboy, I’ll break what i said down for you.
1. I never claimed to be an authority on macs, I merely said that macs don’t work for me.
2. Why they don’t work for me, as stated above is that I like to fidget with with this and that till I get what I like.
3. “Security through obscurity” is not a feature. Most malware is installed by the user of a windows machine themselves, because they are idiots. I haven’t had a virus or malware attack in many years.
4. I never that macs don’t work, in the sense that they are non-functional. What I said was ALL machines have their problems, whether it’s a BSOD or the spinning beachball of hell.
5. Your “lowliest mac” if it is a recent purchase has the same guts of nearly any PC on the market today, since Apple went to using intel.
6. Seeing how you don’t know what kind of rig I run, your lowliest mac jibe is spurious at best.
7. I still have a machine I built 10 years ago, a Celeron 300 overclocked to 450 that is still rock solid that I use as my garage computer. Oh yeah, I have been building my own stuff since the x286 days.
8. In conclusion, I hope you now realize what I was saying, rather than what you thought you heard.
9. Next time you may want to contain your knee-jerk reaction, it’s very unbecoming, and makes all mac users look like pompous asses.
Have a nice day.
It has been Apples forte’ to control all aspects of their devices (hardware-software) to provide their users a consistent experience. I don’t have a problem with that, and it certainly works for them as a business model. They make money hand over fist, employ lots of folks, and that’s good for everyone.
What pisses me off is the holier than thou attitude of their consumer base, it’s as if they are acolytes, standing shivering in the cold, waiting for the next pronouncement from their Saviour about what to buy next. And they dare not question what may be missing from their devices lest they anger the great gods. (No multi-tasking or cut and paste on an IPhone until the 3rd -gen device?)
I regularly read Gizmodo, and without a doubt ( and they admit it, which is good ) one of the most pro-Apple blogs on the net, and if you read the comment sections you see the blind obedience of the fanboys, and their political attitudes as well. The majority of the fanboys, are younger, well to do, college educated boys and girls. Who fall right into line with the progressive mindset most of the time.
Consider the parallels for a moment, control, undying loyalty to the cause, mindless recitation of the talking points, strawman attacks on those who dare suggest “the emperor has no clothes” .
This is a microcosm of a generation indoctrinated by the left. This is what we, as free thinking individuals are up against.
Rage against the machine, fellow babies!!!
And on a lighter note, here’s what Hitler thinks about the IPad.
